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Being a spotter for Milan for the brilliant Spotted by Locals I had the chance to share my favourite places in the city of Milan with locals and visitors for quite a while. For updated, interesting tips about Milan, go check Spotted by Locals/Milan.

If you are looking for more hidden corners, check out my blog post on the hidden courtyards of via Borgonuovo!

Since I recently moved to Paris, here I decided to make a last tribute to some of my ultimate favourites there.

September list of Pleasures City of Thieves by David Benioff I spent a week leafing trough the adventures of the half-Jew Lev and the young soldier Kolya on the way to accomplishing their secret mission: to find a dozen of eggs in time of war. […]

Courtyards always used to be attractive to me. To sneak in the lit up by the sun inner ground, to smell the mysterious aroma mixture of: a) onion and tomato dish that is being prepared for lunch b) the mould from the dark humid walls […]

The list of favourite spots around the green areas of the Milano brought me to Torre Branca, located in the north-east part of Parco Sempione. The 108,6 m high tower was designed by architect Gio Ponti and was open to public back in 1933 as […]

The sun beams penetrating through the window in our living room are writing an invitation for a stroll in the park, kindly reminding that spring is waiting behind the blossoming threes and over the wings of the singing birds. Time to throw the lighter coat […]

It has been always fascinating to see the city from above. Climbing towards the top of a high building almost immediately brings a sensation of winding down by leaving far behind the noise from the street, the vanity, the confusion. Once you pass the winding […]

An old legend tells that once Buddha invited all the animals to celebrate together the New Year. Only twelve animals appeared at the celebration and generous Buddha named each year after one of them. The legend narrates further that a person born in a year […]

I have been always convinced that the essence of a city could not be hidden behind cold walls of museums. If one is eager to know how a place tastes like, they need to spend more time walking in the market streets and hanging out […]

June ’12, Budapest This time, last year, usually wednesdays Dori and I used to meet and to design our future over a cup of cappuccino. Right after the Italian class for beginners we turned the patio of Ibolya kavezó on Ferenciek tere into a scene […]